Atypical pulmonary lesion in a young patient: One train may hide another, do not forget tuberculosis
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Laure F. Pittet MD-PhD
Unit of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Department Women-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospita, Lausanne, Switzerland
Correspondence Dr. Laure F. Pittet, MD-PhD, University Hospitals of Geneva, 6 Rue Willy-Donzé, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorIsabelle Rochat MD
Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, Department Women-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorChiara Simoni MD
Unit of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Department Women-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospita, Lausanne, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorMengu Ma Tooh MD
Service of Pediatric Surgery, Department Women-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorCarole Gengler MD
Department of Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorPierre-Alex Crisinel MD
Unit of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Department Women-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospita, Lausanne, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Laure F. Pittet MD-PhD
Unit of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Department Women-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospita, Lausanne, Switzerland
Correspondence Dr. Laure F. Pittet, MD-PhD, University Hospitals of Geneva, 6 Rue Willy-Donzé, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorIsabelle Rochat MD
Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, Department Women-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorChiara Simoni MD
Unit of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Department Women-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospita, Lausanne, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorMengu Ma Tooh MD
Service of Pediatric Surgery, Department Women-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorCarole Gengler MD
Department of Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorPierre-Alex Crisinel MD
Unit of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Department Women-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospita, Lausanne, Switzerland
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